Book-support.



PATENTED MAY 15, 1906. A. B. BROWN. BOOK SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED 001'. 24, 1905.

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BOOK-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1906.

Application filed October 24., 1905. Serial No. 284,134.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANN E BROOKS BROWN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Franklin, in the county of Norfolk, Oommonwealth of Massachusetts, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Book- Supports, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is the construction of an improved device by means of which a partly-filled shelf of books may have the books supported against overturning, and my invention for this purpose consists, essentially, of a resiliently-expansible rod constructed to be located beside such books and to be terminally held by its pressure against the under surface of the shelf above and upon the upper face of the shelf supporting the books.

Referring to the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the book-support complete. Fig. 2 is a terminal view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the tubular standard.

The rod 10, which is preferably of wood, but may be of any suitable material, is made an inch orthereabout shorter than the distance between the two shelves where it is to be located. Its upper end is provided with a tip of felt, rubber, or other friction-producing material 11, the purpose of which is to further insure against lateral slipping of the rod on account of the pressure of the books. The other end of said rod is slidable in the tubular standard 1, but is retained therein by the pin or screw 12, projecting through the slot 2. This tubular standard is fixed in the socket 4 of the base 3, and a coiled spring 5 is located beneath the end of the rod for giving thereto the resilient pressure required. Said base is cut away at one side in orderthat the rod and tubular base may fit snug against the book which it is to support, as shown in the drawings.

Although the spring-pressure alone is suflicient for retaining the support in position, the base 3 aids considerably in this direction, as is sometimes necessary when the lower shelf sags considerably under the weight of the books or the shelf-space is somewhat higher than usual.

In using this book-support it is customary to introduce it between the shelves with its upper end tipped toward the books and pressed against the side of the outermost book. Then the standard is pressed both upward and toward the books until the support is brought to a vertical position beside the outermost volume. The support when now released has its terminals strongly, pressed a art against the surfaces of the shelves by t e spring 5 and retains itself in position until such time as it is desired to shift it. To do this, the tubular standard is simultaneously pressed upward and away from the books and then moved to the point desired. This upward pressure on the standard is only necessary in order to prevent undue rubbing or scratching by the base against the surface of the supporting-shelf. Another and the preferable manner of introducing this book-support is to grasp the rod 10 and press down thereon with the base resting on the shelf supporting the books. This compresses the spring 5 and permits the device to be moved in between the two shelves to the proper point for holding the books from overturning.

What I claim as my invention, and for which I desire Letters Patent, is as follows, to wit:

A device for supporting books against lat eral dislodgment, comprising a base substantially semicircular in form, a socket rising from the diametrical side of said base, a tubular standard fixed in said socket and closed at its lower end by said socket, a rod slidable in said standard, a coiled spring between the inner end of said rod and socket, means for limiting the longitudinal play of said rod, and a soft, friction-tip fixed upon the upper end of said rod, whereby said device can be located close beside a book between the shelves engaged by said base and tip, and the semicircular part of said base insure against the overturn of the device, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing invention I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of October, 1905.

ANNIE BROOKS BROWN. Witnesses:

A. B. UPHAM, E. W. WAITE. 

